Research Paper

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Steps to writing a research essay

1. Choose a topic (Oct 4)





  • The following are some sample research topics. You can choose from this list or come up with your own topics:

  • Cause and Effect
    • What are the effects of marketing on children and teenagers?
    • What are the effects of the illiteracy in (choose a country)?
    • What are the causes of water pollution?
    • What are the causes of the water crisis in the world?
    • What are the effects of immigration on a country?
    • What are the causes or the effects of earthquakes?
    • What are the causes or the effects of wars?
    • What are the effects of Olympics on a country?
    • What are the causes or effects of animal extinction?

  • Compare and Contrast
    • Two kinds of technology (i.e., electronic books and paper books)
    • Internet ads vs traditional form of advertisements (TV ads)
    • Compare two kinds of marketing techniques (direct marketing or undercover marketing)
    • The education systems in two countries
    • The situation of child soldiers in different countries
    • Two wars
    • Bottled water vs tap water
    • Genetic engineered vs organic food
    • Family structure in different societies

2. Post a working outline (2%) Oct 5



3. Find keywords (1%) Oct 5

  • List 15 keywords to prepare for your research
1- Smoking 2-wood and pulp processors 3-paper mills 4-refineries and chemical production
5- Cars 6- population 7-waste 8- Gas 9- carbon 10- dust 11- Volcanic Ash 12- Nitrogen 13- Paint 14- Smog 15- Ozone

4. Find and evaluate 2-3 web sources (3%) Oct 9

1-
http://www.ck12.org/concept/Types-of-Air-Pollution/?ref=%2Fconcept%2FTypes-of-Air-Pollution%2F
2-
http://occmed.oxfordjournals.org/content/55/6/425.full.pdf
3-
http://environment.nationalgeographic.com/environment/global-warming/pollution-overview/

5. Find 2 academic sources from Google Scholar (2%) Oct 10


a. Provide the reference here. Based on your research, revise your outline.
b. Explain how you are going to use the research articles for your research paper

6. Revise your outline (2%) Oct 12

  • You may have to delete some points that you can't find any information to support; you may add some new points.
  • Provide in-text citations for your points



7. Write and edit your draft (90%) Oct 15-19


  • The research project should have
  • an introduction, 3 to 4 main points, and one conclusion
  • at least 4 references: (2 web sources and 2 scholarly articles)
  • in-text citations and a reference list